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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

No. 488,901. Ptemd 1160.27, 18-92.

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No. 488,901. vPatented Dec. 27, 1892. I

UNrrno STATES 'PATENT trice,

JOHN PFEIFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,901, dated December27, 1892.

Application filed August 16,1892. Serial No. 443,263. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PFEIFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain-new and useful Improvement in Autographic Registers,of which the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap and practicalautographic register in which the paper strips are drawn for- Ward overthe writing tablet and the check strip or strips automatically cut offand the record strip Wound upon a storage reel, all by the operation ofa single handle or driving' mechanism. So far as I am aware I am thefirst in the art to produce an autographic register embodying this modeof operation, and in another application filed simultaneously with thisand bearing Serial No. 443,262, I have described and claimed theinvention broadly. In the machine illustrated in said application theoperating handle is a revoluble crank, applied to a revoluble drivingshaft, and the purpose of the present application is to illustrate andmore specifically cover a different embodiment of the invention, in amachine in which the operating handle is a lever fastened to arock-shaft and having a backward and forward stroke at each operation ofthe machine.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinalsection of the machine just within the near side of the casing; Fig. 2 asectional detail on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a detail view of thecutter and its support in normal position; and Fig. 4 a correspondingview to Fig. 3, with the cutter thrown downward to sever thecheck strips.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall the figures.

The paper strips are carried in three supply rolls A B O, whosesupporting spindles rest at their opposite ends in guides D upon thesides of the casing. From these rolls the paper strips are led over aguide roller E, thence forward over the writing tablet F, locatedbeneath the usual opening Gin the top 5o of the casing, where sheets ofmanifolding material are interposed between the respective strips tocause the entries on the upper strip to be duplicated upon the lowerone. From the writing tablet F the strips are led between a pair offeed-rollers H I, whence the two check strips pass through a horizontalslot .T in a cross bar K, Fig. 2, and thence out of the casing throughan opening at L, while the record strip O is led downward and forwardbehind a glass window M in the front side of the casing, over a guideroller N and wound upon a storage reel O.

J ournaled at its opposite ends in the sides of the casing is arock-shaft P having an operating handle or lever Q secured to itsprojecting left hand end, Fig. 2. Loosely mounted upon this shaft is asleeve R having fast upon its right hand end, Fig. 2, a grooved pulleyS, and upon its left hand end a gear wheel T which meshes with a pinionU fast upon the left hand end of the spindle of the i lower feed rollerI; see dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Fast upon the rock-shaft P immediately to the left of the gear T, Fig.2, is an arm V which has pivoted to it a pawl W spring-pressed intoengagement with the gear T, Fig. l. It results from this constructionthat whenever the operating handle Q is given a backward stroke, to theleft of Fig. l, the pawl W will turn the gear T in the direction of thearrow, and the gear Will turn the feed roller I and draw forward thepaper strips, delivering the two check strips through the slot J andopening L and advancing the record strip to the storage reel. Upon thereturn stroke of the handle Q, to normal position, the pawl VV will slipidly over the teeth of the gear Tand the latter Will remain stationary.A yielding band X, in this instance composedof a coiled spring, passedaround the pulley S and around a small pulley Y'fast upon the spindle ofthe storage reel, affords a frictional driving connection for thelatter, which will cause the wheel to be turned just far enough at eachoperation of the machine to wind up the portion of record strip advancedto it by the feed rollers. The cross bar K before referred to isprovided, in addition to the horizontal slot J, with a verticallongitudinal slot Z, which intersects the slot J and in Which fits IOO avertically swinging cutter bladeA' adapted to play u p and down acrossthe horizontal slot J, to sever the check strips passed through thelatter. The left hand end of this cntter blade, Fig. 2, is bent downwardand pivoted between lugs or ears B' upon the side of the casing and atits extreme lower end is loosely pivoted or connected to a link C' whichis pivoted at its lower end between lugs D' upon the side of the casing.The link C' carries a plate E' pivoted at its lower end to the link C'and having its upper end confined between a pin F' on the link and afiat spring G', as seen in Fig. 3.

Formed upon and projecting rearward from the plate E', near its upperend, is a camlug I-I', beveled at its upper and lower ends and adaptedto co-operate with a projection I' carried by the rock-shaft P, in thisinstance forincd upon and projecting forward from the hub of the pawlarm Vwhich is fast upon said shaft. WVhen the operating` handle is givenits backward stroke at the beginning of an operation of the machine, tocause the feed rollers to advance the paper strips, the projection I'will pass up the left side of the beveled lug H' and force said lug andthe upper end of the plate E' slightly to the right, against theresistance of the spring G', which Iatter will carry the plate E' backto normal position against the pin F' as soon as the projection I' hascleared the upper end of the lug Il'. Upon the return forward stroke ofthe operating handle and downward moveinent of the projecton I' thelatter will pass down the right hand side of the lug III', and as thelatter stands directly in its path it will force the lug and plate E' tothe left, and as the plate E' bears against the pin F' on the link C'the upper end of the latter will be carried to the left and the cntterblade A' Will be thrown downward across the slot J in the bar K andsever the check strips, Fig. 4. A flat spring J' secured to the side ofthe casing and bearing against the upper end of the link C' serves toreset the parts after the projection I' has passed below the lug l-I'.

From the foregoing description it Will be understood that at eachoperation of the machine it is only necessary for the clerk to enter thedesired meinoranda upon the upper check strip, through the opening G inthe top of the casing, and then pull the operating handle Q toward himto its limit of stroke and return it to normal position. The firststroke of the handle will cause the feed rollers to carry forward beyondthe cutting point the portion of the check strip which bears the writtenmatter and to deliver behind the window M the portion of the recordstrip which has just been written upon, while the storage reel will havebeen turned to wind up the portion of the record strip which had beenleft exposed at said window by the preceding operation of the machine;and the return forward stroke of the operating handle Will cause thecntter blade to be thrown downisaeol Ward to out off the check strips.In this manner it will be seen that the entire eperat1on of the machine,after the entering of the memoranda, is produced by the backward andforward strokes of the single handle or lever Q.

Inasmuch as the novelty of my present 1nvention, in its broader scope,consists in the new mode of operation in this class of inachines, underwhich the paper strips are drawn over the writing tablet, the checkstrip or strips automaticallycnt off, and the record strip wound upon astorage reel, all by the backward and forward movement of the singleoperating handle and rockshaft, the 1n- 'vention is not restricted toanyof the details of construction or arraugernent which are found in theparticular einbodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings,except so far as may be indicated in my respective claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

l. In an autographic register einploying one or more check strips and arecord strip led over a writing tablet and having manifolding materialinterposed between them, the combination of feed rollers for advancingthe strips,a storage reel for winding up the record strip, a cntter forsevering the check strip or strips, a rock-shaft having an operatinghandle applied to it, and suitable connections, whereby a backward andforward stroke of said handle and shaft will cause ali of the strips tobe advanced, the check strips cut off, and the record strip wound uponthe storage reel.

2. In an autographic register such as described, the combination of feedrollers for advancing the paper strips, a storage reel for winding upthe record strip, a driving connection between one of the feed rollersand storage reel, a cntter for severing the check strips, a rock-shafthaving an operating handle applied to it, and snitable connectionsbetween the rock-shaft and feed rollers and cutter, whereby a singlebackward and forward moveinent of said shaft will cause all of saidstrips to be advanced, the check strips to be cut olf and the recordstrip to be wound upon the storage reel.

3. In an autographic register such as described, the combination of feedrollers for advancing the paper Strips, a storage reel for winding upthe record strip, africtional driving connection between one of the feedrollers and storage reel, adapted to yield when the storage reel haswound up the length of the record strip advanced to it by the feedrollers, a cntter for severing the check strips, a rockshaft, a handlefor operating it, and suitable connections between the rock-shaft andthe feed rollers and cntter, for the purpose described.

4. In an autographic register such as described, the combination of apair of feed rollers for advancing the paper strips, a rock- IOO IIO

shaft, a gear wheel loose upon said shaft and meshing With a pinion uponone of the feed rollers, an actuatiug paWl carried by said shaft andco-operating with the gear to turn the lat-ter and the feed rollersduring the stroke of the shaft in one direction, a storage reel forwinding up the record strip, a driving connection between the gear andstorage reel, a hinged cutter for severing the check strips, and a camand connections for actuat-ing said cutter, whereby upon giving therock-shaft a stroke in one direction the feed rollers Will advance allof the strips and the storage reel Will be turned to Wind up the recordstrip, and upon giving it a stroke in the opposite direction the cutterwill be actuated to sever the check strips.

5. In an autographic register, the combination of the rock-shaft P, thehandle Q applied 2o thereto, the feed rollers H I, the gear wheelopposite end between the pin F' and spring G', the beveled lug H' uponthe plate E', and the projectionI' moving With the rock-shaft andco-operating With the lug H', substantially as and'for the purposedescribed.

JOHN' PFEIFER.

Witnesses:

v WILLIAM B. SULLIVAN,

F. A. L. SNECKNER.

